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M
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In personal ads, a potentially confusing abbreviation for: 1) Male. 2) Married. 3) Masochist/ism. 4) Master (M/s = master/mistress and slave). In combinations, it stands for male if it is the last letter: CWM = Catholic White Male.(Abbreviation) means a meter
(Noun) In Ian Fleming/James Bond fiction, the code-name for the head of the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6.
Usage: M, whose secretary was Moneypenny, was portrayed by Bernard Lee in many James Bond movies.
(Noun) The 13th letter of the modern English alphabet
(Abbreviation) masculine
(Abbreviation) em
(Abbreviation) From the Latin mille for 1000. the M is also seen with an overstrike or overbar to represent that the preceding number should be multiplied by 1000. MM (also seen with overstrikes) means that the preceding number should be multiplied by 1000 and again by 1000 (i.e. 1,000,000). The M should be be used with numbers related to intangible and conceptual subjects like money, time, and counting. Related to the M is the k which is the abbreviation for kilo-. The k abbreviation should be used with tangible and physical subjects like distance and weight.
Usage: The abbreviation for $100,000 is $1M.
The abbreviation for $1,000,000 is $1MM.
In the milliontreesNYC project over 521M trees have been planted so far.
The abbreviation for $1,000,000 is $1MM.
In the milliontreesNYC project over 521M trees have been planted so far.
(Noun) hhhhhhmmmmmm, nothing much
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